exhibition_Under Light of Moon and Sun

Open Wednesday to Saturday, 5-9PM, until Dec. 27th, 2025

They blink for less than a heartbeat. Not reflected light, but light made within the body. Each is a message—a lure, a warning—turning darkness into a language of attraction. To see them is to witness light as instinct, a small defiance against disappearance and censorship. Illumination, then, is not only about being seen, but about sending and receiving: forming constellations of fragile connection across distance—an ethics of relation rather than exposure, a modest reciprocity rather than spectacle. It is from these small and scattered lights that this exhibition begins and ends: showing how light passes through darkness—sometimes playfully—and binds solitude and disparate voices into a horizontal weave of interconnectedness.

Under Light of Moon and Sun features 18 artists from the Uyghur diaspora, Hong Kong, and mainland China, and unfolds through an assemblage of moving image works, textile sculptures, installations, and works on paper including drawings, zines, and woodcut prints.

Selected artwork images:

Darya Andijan, Do You Know That I’m With You, still, 2025. Video, with color and sound, 23 min., 49 sec. Courtesy of the artist.

Chan Hau Chun, Map of Traces, still, 2025. Video, with color and black & white and sound, 29 min. Courtesy of the artist and Empty Gallery.

Ellen Pau, Video is a Hole, still, 1990. Video, with color and sound, 6 min., 34 sec. Courtesy of the artist and Videotage.

Qingtai Hu, Let Those Struggling Speak Out VI, 2024. Texts embroidered on clothes and textiles from closed-down factories, metal buttons, 35 7/16 × 68 7/8 in (90 × 175 cm). Courtesy of the artist.

Prickly Paper, Young People Have Kung Fu, 2024. Woodcut print, 13 5/8 × 27 3/8 in (34.5 × 69.5 cm). Woodcut designed by Qukula. Courtesy of the artist.

Under Light of Moon and Sun
Dec.04 - Dec.22.2025
Wednesday - Saturday, 17:00 - 21:00
99 Canal St, 6th Floor, New York

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Generous support for Under Light of Moon and Sun is provided by seven anonymous donors.

AV led and installed by Simon Liu with technical support from 47 Canal, Artists Space, BHKM with Bungee Space, and Joãn Mario Gusmāo with Andrew Kreps Gallery.

Curatorial support is provided by the Rockbund Art Museum, where Karen Wang works as an Assistant Curator & Researcher. This exhibition reflects an ongoing collaboration between 99 Canal and the Rockbund Art Museum.

Special thanks: Sandy Ding, Empty Gallery, Elaine W. Ho, Mukaddas Mijit, Videotage, and X Zhu-Nowell.

Simon Liu’s installation is supported by the Foundation for Contemporary Art.

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About 99 Canal

99 Canal is an artist-run Studio and Public Program. As a 501(c)3 Non-Profit, our mission is to facilitate artists’ access to affordable professional studios and expose the public to live, experimental practices in Lower Manhattan, New York City. We are providing space for artists to be in dialogue with artists, understanding the urgency of sharing open-ended work and ideas with a dedicated public. By supporting experimental practices such as moving images and performance art, we’re building a responsive platform for cultural engagement and community-rooted patronage.

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